Commenting: Now With Continuity!
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008How do you keep up with the comments you leave on other blogs? I think if you’re truly interested in joining and contributing to a conversation, you need to check in again to know how the discussion is evolving over time and whether the author has replied to you. The worst thing you can do is leave a comment and never visit the page again.
What I do (or used to do) is after I’ve left a comment, I bookmark the page under a “check for comments” folder and track it daily until the comments die out.
Something I’ve realised recently is that certain blogs have a “receive follow up comments via email” check box, which is really useful to me as it saves the trouble of bookmarking the site. Disqus is another option, but it’s a bit of a hassle to verify.
So today, Krisandro was helpful enough to point me in the direction of the Wordpress plugin and henceforth, you’ll be able to follow up with the comments too. I’d highly encourage it because I find that I’m must more involved in the conversations when I track them after I’ve posted.
Hope you enjoy using it.
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